New Kanye West blog home page

Kanye launched his new blog today. Not exactly what we expected, but then what does Kanye ever do that the public expects?

The sold-out 2008 world tour by pop renaissance man and ten-time Grammy-winner Kanye West has been translated to book form and will be released on October 22 by Rizzoli.

A collaboration between Kanye, Base, and Rizzoli, the 288-page Glow In The Dark is “narrated” by Kanye himself. Text pulled from an interview with director/producer and tour collaborator Spike Jonze provides personal, behind-the-scenes insight to illuminate the book’s 400 tour-spanning images, shot by Nabil Elderkin. … more

Kanye West, unknowing professor

The following reflections come from Base’s NYC-based partner Geoff Cook on working with Kanye West over the past year.

Over the last decade, I’ve been lucky enough to work with talented entrepreneurs, savvy business folk, and creative visionaries. Yet as another project with Kanye West (his high-end book being published by Rizzoli) approaches completion, I find myself referring consistently to things he’s done and said, many of which can serve as metaphors to live by. … more

Kanye West by Willy Vanderperre

Kanye West has the number one album in the world in “808’s & Heartbreak.” Well-deserved. Not only is he one of the more talented, highly creative, open-minded people that we … more

Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” single cover

Singer, music producer, record label founder, visionary behind gestating fashion label Pastelle… Kanye West is a man as indefatigable as he is multi-talented. And with the release of his new single, “Love Lockdown“, Kanye has once again sidestepped expectations and defied pigeonholing as a rapper. … more